The Second Rate Age

Brendan Loy muses on why we seem to have so much failed leadership these days:

It isn't just that McCain and Obama are flawed candidates; it's that there aren't really any better alternatives. Who would you rather see up there? Hillary Clinton? Mitt Romney? John Edwards? Mike Huckabee? Joe Biden? Sarah Palin? Nancy Pelosi? John Boehner? Harry Reid? Mitch McConnell? George W. Bush? John Kerry? Dick Cheney? Al Gore?

It does seem that the age of mediocrity is here to stay for awhile. And the sad part is, the alternatives do seem worse by comparison.